EVENTS, BOOKS, WEBSITES, HUMOR, CLASSIFIED IJHC/WHR Newsletter December 2005

NEW -- RECENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS

*December

5-11 The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC, 1-800-743-2226

9-12 XIII International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, 1-800-558-1267

10 Annual Meeting and Dinner of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Philadelphia, matt@pnhp.org, 312-782-6007, http://www.pnhp.org/anmeetingform.pdf; pre-conference Leadership Training www.pnhp.org/ltiform.pdf

11-January 7 Science, Values, and Religion Seminar, The Association of Science, Society, and Religion, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, India. e-mail Kuruvilla Pandikattu at puneseminar@gmail.com, http://www.assrindia.org/

*January 2006

7-14 The Scientists Retreat at Insight Meditation Society - to introduce neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists and others who study the mind, to intensive meditation in a retreat setting -- vipassana retreat led by Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg. http://www.mindandlife.org/

11-14 Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, 808-949-1456, humanities@hichumanities.org, http://www.hichumanities.org/

20-22 3rd Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update, La Jolla, CA, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine , 1-858-587-4404

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Shamanism, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Enlightenment, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

20-24 The Fifth International Conference on Sacred Sexuality, Santa Fe, message@bizspirit.com, http://www.bizspirit.com/, 505-474-0998. 19 CE credits +6.5 CE credits for pre-conference retreats.

26-29 Brain Management¨/ Subliminal Dynamics¨/ Mental Photography¨ seminar - Learn to read as fast as you can turn the pages, with up to 100% recall. This is a very advanced system of whole-brain learning and hemispheric balancing that super-excites the brain on all levels of consciousness simultaneously. It is not hypnosis, it is not speed-reading; it is not about developing an eidetic memory. It is a whole body/mind training system that can be understood and practiced by anyone regardless of age, education or IQ. Philadelphia - Thursday 5:00-9:30; Friday 5:30-9:30; Saturday & Sunday 1:00-5:30. Registration must be postmarked by January 5, 2006 for the early bird rate of $795. After January 5, $895. Checks payable to Martina Steiger, ThD, Mailed Daniel Benor, PO Box 502, Medford, NJ 08055 martinasteiger@earthlink.net www.martinasteiger.com

26-29 The Amazing Meeting 2006: Science in Politics & the Politics of Science, Las Vegas, NV, 954-467-1112, http://www.tam4.com/

29-Feb. 4 MindBodySpirit Medicine: The Professional Training Program, Berkeley, CA, Chanelle Redman, credman@cmbm.org, http://www.cmbm.org/

*February 2006

10-13 Spiritual Activism Conference, Washington, DC, 510-528-6250, joe@tikkun.org, http://www.tikkun.org/community/spiritual_activism_conference/

16-20 Grand Challenges, Great Opportunities, St. Louis, Melissa Rosenthal, mrosenth@aaas.org, http://www.aaas.org/

*March 2006

14-18 Global Summit On HIV/AIDS,Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge, Accra International Conference Centre, St. Paul, MN http://www.africa-first.com/gsaidstmik2006/default.aspx

24-26 Goshen Conference on Religion and Science, Goshen, IN, Carl Helrich, 574-535-7302, carlsh@goshen.edu, http://www.goshen.edu/religionscience

*April 2006

3-30 Attention 4^th year MD and DO Students: Humanistic Elective in Activism, Alternative Medicine, and Reflective Transformation (HEART), California. Clerkship for 4th year allopathic and osteopathic medical students. First deadline for application: June 15th, 2005 (rolling admission until then and thereafter). General elective credit in Internal Medicine through University of Florida College of Medicine. Peter Klinger MSIII, heartzpace@yahoo.com, http://www.amsa.org/humed/heart/index.cfm

7-9 The Spirit of Mountains, Bangor, ME, http://www.scimednet.org/

19-23 The National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) 26th Annual Conference, From our Roots to the Present: Liberating Voices through Poetry Therapy, Boston, MA, http://poetrytherapy.org/conference.html

29-May 4 The International Congress on Dialogue of Science and Religion: Science and Religion Defining Life and the Person, Tehran, Iran, Shiva Khalili, 0098-21-8501403-9, shivakhalili@yahoo.com

*May 2006

5-7 Faith in the Rockies: A weekend retreat, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, http://www.faithintherockies.com/

9 Evening Lecture with Elisabet Sahtouris, London, http://www.scimednet.org/

*June 2006

3 Radical Futures on Renewable Energy, London, http://www.scimednet.org/

J 7 The Council for Healing: A Model for Integrative Healing and Growth - American Holistic Nurses Association annual meeting, Pre-Conference 4 hour workshop with other members of the Council, St. Paul, MN www.ahna.org/events/2006.html

Jeffrey Keen. Consciousness, Intent, and the Structure of the Universe, Victoria: Trafford/Jeffrey Keen 2005. 310 pp US$23.99, C$29.99, EUR19.50, £13.50 3 pp. Refs
Orders: http://www.trafford.com/robots/04-2320.html
    Jeffrey Keen has an Honors degree in Physics and Mathematics from Imperial College, London University and is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Swisher Hygiene UK Ltd. While he was initially a skeptic about psychic phenomena such as dowsing, "he now accepts that science is not infallible and that there is enormous scope in investigating non-mainstream science." He has been studying dowsing and other aspects of consciousness for 20 years.
    Keen's book is written for educated dowsers, researchers in psi, and scientists interested to know whether there are any systematic, lawful observations about dowsing. With Keen's book, the answer is a resounding 'Yes!' Keen has meticulously studied dowsed impressions of various objects such as crystals and ordinary rocks, plants and humans. He reports fascinating notes on the energy fields around single objects, paired objects, and groups of similar objects. Having explored dowsing for several decades, this reviewer was both delighted and dismayed at some of these notes.
    He notes that crystals and other objects become charged with dowsable energy through being in the sun and being located over places with positive earth energies. Their energies are discharged or drained by being in a dark place, being located over places with negative earth energies, or being handled by humans.
            (See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

Deepak Chopra. The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence, New York: Harmony Books 2003, 302 ppPB $14.00.
Deepak Chopra reviews the evidence that confirms we are all linked together in a web of consciousness. Going well beyond this basic fact, he weaves a marvelous thesis suggesting that there are no coincidences. Every single event is pregnant with meaning. The challenge is to open ourselves to become aware of the invitations in what appear to be coincidences -- to waken to our participation in the web of ongoing creation.

When we learn to live from the level of the soul, many things happen. We become aware of the exquisite patterns and synchronous rhythms that govern all life. We understand the lifetimes of memory and experience that have molded us into the people we are today. Fearfulness and anxiety fall away as we stand in wonder observing the world as it unfolds. We notice the web of coincidence that surrounds us, and we realize that there is meaning in even the smallest events. We discover that by applying attention and intention to these coincidences, we can create specific outcomes in our lives. We connect with everyone and everything in the universe, and recognize the spirit that unites us all. We unveil the wondrousness that is hidden deep inside us and revel in our newfound glory. We consciously shape our destinies into the limitlessly creative expressions they were meant to be, and by doing so we live out our most profound dreams, moving closer to enlightenment.

This is the miracle of synchrodestiny. (p. 28-29)

The more we are in the flow of the universe, the more often and the more profoundly our inner desires and wishes can manifest into outer realities. This is not to say that our every whim will be granted to us.
(See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

Lewis Mehl-Madrona. Coyote Wisdom: The Power of Story in Healing, Rochester, VT: Bear & Company 2005 230 pp $16.007 pp Notes.

Lewis Mehl-Madrona is certified in family practice, geriatrics and psychiatry, and includes Native American traditions in his practice. Healing through storytelling is the principal approach he shares in this book - of the various Native American ceremonial treatments that he uses.

Mehl-Madrona's storytelling is rich with the wisdom of his Cherokee grandmother. He seems to have stories available for every possible circumstance and occasion. These tales provide insights into a person's hidden fears and hurts that often underlie and contribute to or even cause the development of many physical and psychological problems. The stories also suggest a variety of solutions and inspire hope that change is possible.

Through these stories, he helps people discover the inner healing resources that can transform their lives, including their illnesses. He reports dramatic successes - often with people who have struggled for many years with their health issues - including anorexia, lupus (a chronic form of arthritis), victimization through emotional and physical abuse, panic disorder, and more...

Ric Masten, Words & One-Liners, Take 2
Carmel, CA: Sun-Ink Presentation 2005. 207 pp $30

I like this, the second book by Ric Masten, even better than the first. What makes it more appealing to me are the arrangements of poems into groups, such as Personals, I should have slept on it, and Words for survival. I find it tastier to have a medley of poems about family relationships, writing and medical issues - rather than isolated poems in a salad.

Here is one of my favorites:

(See more in IJHC January 2006)

Lotus

Mirtala. Cosmic Visions, Xlibris 2005 52 pp $26.65 retail,
$19.99 if ordered directly from publisher Orders@Xlibris.com

This is a stunning collection of photos of Mirtala's art, superimposed on NASA photos of earth and of galaxies in outer space. This one is one of my favorites.

See articles by Mirtala: ART: LOVE IN SEARCH OF FORM
An Interview with Mirtala, IJHC Volume 2, No. 3
HEALING THROUGH ART, IJHC Volume 3, No. 1

Matted 8.5 x 11 photo prints are also available for $35 (plus shipping) from Mirtala mirtala@earthlink.net.

Terri Cohlene, Illustrations Dough Keith. Something Special, Bellevue, WA: Illumination Arts 2005. $15.95 Suitable for ages 3-5.

Whimsical description of many variations on the theme of a Ôsomething special' that is only revealed on the last page... A kiss.

(See more in IJHC, January 2006 Volume 6, No. 1)

Thomas Pakenham. Meetings with Remarkable Trees, New York: Random House 1998. 192 pp 60 specimens HB $24.95 7 1/2 x 9 in.

Thomas Pakenham. Remarkable Trees of the World, W. W. Norton 2002. 192pp $49.95 HB 10" x 11" pages
These are portraits, not just pictures, each book documenting the impressive presence of sixty venerable trees from around the world.
(See more in IJHC September, 2005, Volume 5, No. 3)

  NEW!
  HEALING RESEARCH      Volume II - Popular Edition
  How Can I Heal What Hurts?   Wholistic Healing and Bioenergies
  By Daniel J. Benor, MD

  Wholistic Healing Publications, Medford, NJ 2004
  $34.95, free shipping and handling in US

Foreword by Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

Learn how your body and mind work together in health and illness, and how you can use new and ancient wholistic mind-body techniques to heal your physical and psychological problems.

o Explore techniques you can use for self-healing of physical and psychological problems

o Written by a physician who is also an energy medicine practitioner and researcher.

o 642 pp, including references, endnotes, glossary, index -- Paperback 6 x 9 inches

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  Healing Research, Volume II - Professional Edition

  Consciousness, Bioenergy and Healing:
  Self-Healing and Energy Medicine for the 21st Century
  By Daniel J. Benor, M.D.

Foreword by C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

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This book will dramatically broaden and deepen your understanding of health, illness and healing.

Consciousness: We have far greater potential for healing ourselves and each other than we generally appreciate. Dr. Benor, a wholistic psychiatrist, explains how mind-body and body-mind interactions can cause illness or promote health through wholistic interactions of body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other people and the environment) and spirit. An enormous body of research, clinical examples and a variety of theories explain healing through complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM), including meditation, visualization, acupuncture, osteopathy and many more modalities, with clear and concise explanations of each of these healing modalities.

Bioenergy: Newtonian medicine has been slow to absorb the lessons of quantum physics: The body can be addressed not only as matter, but also as energy. Subtle biological energies are used by many CAM therapies -- some moving through the hands of the therapist, others through specialized interventions explained by Dr. Benor. Acupuncture addresses energies in acupuncture points, along meridians running from head to toes, and in chakras -- the body's energy regulating centers. Homeopathy and flower essences introduce energies and information through the water that is their vehicle for treatment. Does all this sound strange? Dr. Benor has gathered an amazing body of research in this book to confirm the healing potentials of these subtle bioenergy therapies -- explaining some of the roles of our energy body.
    Biological energies interact with environmental energies. Dr. Benor reviews a wealth of research on unconventional energies and considers their relevance to spiritual healing -- following on Volume I of Healing Research, which reviews 191 controlled studies of healing, demonstrating it is a highly effective treatment.

Healing: Dr. Benor explains how we can create health or illness through body-mind interactions, wholistic CAM and bioenergy medicine interventions. He reviews and discusses impressive research supporting claims that CAM and bioenergy therapies are potent and effective treatments.
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Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, (Popular edition)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution
Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
   Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies.

Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, (Professional Supplement)
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001.
Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.
Summary: Out of 191 controlled studies of healing, 124 show significant effects--on humans, animals, plants, bacteria, yeasts, cells in vitro, enzymes and DNA show significant effects. Selecting out the more rigorous studies, 25 show effects at p< .01 and another 12 at p< .02 -.05.

Books - description, orders (directly from author or via a link to Amazon that gives the author a modest return)
http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Books/Series.htm
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"Pain, tedium, danger, disgust and humiliation are all part of the average workday for the (often proud, more often smelly) members of Popular Science's third annual honor roll of the Worst Jobs in Science. This year's winners ... or perhaps losers ... include:
* Orangutan-Pee Collector -- analyzing fertility through estrogen and progesterone levels, and weight gain or loss through ketone measurements

* Do-Gooder -- volunteers sign up with the Earthwatch institute to go to some of the most inhospitable places on the planet

* Semen Washer -- spining sperm samples in a centrifuge to separate the plasma from the motile cells

* Volcanologist -- going into active volcanoes is one of the most dangerous jobs science has to offer

* Nuclear-Weapons Scientist -- having all your work classified means endless hassles and little credit

* Extremophile Excavator -- to harvest microbes that thrive in bizarre (and smelly) environments, you first have to go there

* Kansas Biology Teacher -- dealing with the Intelligent Design battle on the front lines

* Manure Inspector -- analyzing fertilizier is an important job, but the smell doesn't leave when you go home

*          Human Lab Rat -- risking your life and health for science, the pesticide industry, and a little bit of cash"
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/806ffb24a5f27010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

IJHC-WHR Observations
    Science often is not the glamorous occupation you might imagine!
    This helps to put research in spiritual awareness and healing in perspective. While not a bad job in the above terms, it often involves severe peer censure; working long hours because the research is unfunded and has to be done on one's own time and at one's own expense; and then facing the challenges of publication biases against these topics.
    This is where the International Journal of Healing and Caring also makes its contribution.

    Donations towards publication of the IJHC, this Newsletter, and for maintenance and updating of the Wholistic Healing Research site are appreciated!

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We are part of a vast universe.

What is our place in this amazing cosmos?

What is your place in this world?

The sands of time may be limited!

LL ORIONIS: WHEN COSMIC WINDS COLLIDE

There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture
which can enlighten the reader... It is when
the eye of the soul is opened and the sight
is keen that the Sufi can read the divine law
in the manuscript of nature.

- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI),
C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt), NASA

This arcing, graceful structure is actually a bow shock about half a light-year across, created as the wind from young star LL Orionis collides with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged sun. As the fast stellar wind runs into slow moving gas a shock front is formed, analogous to the bow wave of a boat moving through water or a plane traveling at supersonic speed. The slower gas is flowing away from the Orion Nebula's hot central star cluster, the Trapezium, located off the lower right hand edge of the picture. In three dimensions, LL Ori's wrap-around shock front is shaped like a bowl that appears brightest when viewed along the "bottom" edge. The complex stellar nursery in Orion shows a myriad of similar fluid shapes associated with star formation, including the bow shock surrounding a faint star at the upper right. Part of a mosaic covering the Great Nebula in Orion, this composite color image was recorded in 1995 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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